12-Letter Words Matching _P_____T____

There are 18 12-letter words that match _P_____T____. 7 are common words, such as APPELLATIONS and APPLICATIONS. A rarer one is SPORULATIONS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (17 words). 11 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

appellationsapplicationsapprobationsepiglottidesepiglottisesspeculationsuppercuttingapologeticalappellativesapparentnessepexegeticalepoxidationsspaghettinisspessartinesspessartitesspiculationsspirometriessporulations

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Words
18 (7 common words)
Common example
appellations
Rare example
sporulations
Doubled letters
11
Ending in S
15
Most frequent letter
I (17)

Questions

How many 12-letter words matching _p_____t____ are there?

18. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPELLATIONS is among the common words in this set.