12-Letter Words Matching ____P___L___

There are 23 12-letter words that match ____P___L___. 6 are common words, such as BACKPEDALING and BACKPEDALLED. A rarer one is SEROPURULENT. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

backpedalingbackpedalledincapabilityoverpopulaterecapitalizerecapitulateantiparallelclapperclawsgamopetalousgamophyllousmonopetalouspolypetalouspyrophyllitetheophyllinebryophyllumsmesophyllousoutsparklingoverpedalingoverpedalledoverpeoplingpodophyllinspodophyllumsseropurulent

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Words
23 (6 common words)
Common example
backpedaling
Rare example
seropurulent
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
9
Most frequent letter
E (17)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching ____p___l___ are there?

23. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BACKPEDALING is among the common words in this set.