5-Letter Words Matching V___A

There are 18 5-letter words that match V___A. 7 are common words, such as VACUA and VILLA. A rarer one is VOLTA. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

vacuavillaviolavistavodkavoilavandavariaversavestavirgavittavolvavarnaveenavincavoltavulva

About this list

Words
18 (7 common words)
Common example
vacua
Rare example
volta
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (8)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching v___a are there?

18. 7 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

VACUA is among the common words in this set.