13-Letter Words Matching ______S_____N

There are 20 13-letter words that match ______S_____N. 11 are common words, such as AFFORESTATION and BUSINESSWOMAN. A rarer one is RETRANSLATION. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 9 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

afforestationbusinesswomanbusinesswomencongresswomancongresswomendeforestationdiagnosticiandispossessionmanifestationprepossessionreforestationentomostracanlinguisticianmalacostracanphalansteriannonpossessionoverassertionpsychosurgeonreinfestationretranslation

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Words
20 (11 common words)
Common example
afforestation
Rare example
retranslation
Doubled letters
9
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (18)

Questions

How many 13-letter words matching ______s_____n are there?

20. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AFFORESTATION is among the common words in this set.