12-Letter Words Matching ___L_E______

There are 23 12-letter words that match ___L_E______. 8 are common words, such as ADULTERATING and ADULTERATION. A rarer one is UNALLEVIATED. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 23

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Words
23 (8 common words)
Common example
adulterating
Rare example
unalleviated
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
15
Most frequent letter
S (18)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching ___l_e______ are there?

23. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ADULTERATING is among the common words in this set.