5-Letter Words Containing FER

There are 18 5-letter words that contain FER. 14 are common words, such as DEFER and FERAL. A rarer one is FERLY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (6 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

deferferalfernsfernyferryfifergoferinferliferofferreferrifersaferwaferferiafermiferesferly

About this list

Words
18 (14 common words)
Common example
defer
Rare example
ferly
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
2
Most frequent letter
I (6)

Questions

How many 5-letter words containing fer are there?

18. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DEFER is among the common words in this set.