5-Letter Words Matching P___L

There are 18 5-letter words that match P___L. 12 are common words, such as PANEL and PAPAL. A rarer one is PRILL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

panelpapalpearlpedalpenalperilpetalphialpixelprowlpupalpupilparolpiculpibalpicalpipalprill

About this list

Words
18 (12 common words)
Common example
panel
Rare example
prill
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching p___l are there?

18. 12 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

PANEL is among the common words in this set.