7-Letter Words Matching ____I_I

There are 15 7-letter words that match ____I_I. 4 are common words, such as DASHIKI and MARTINI. A rarer one is SASHIMI. In this set, N is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

dashikimartininautiliterminigingilipachisisordiniamorinibambiniemeritiporcinipulvinirappinisantimisashimi

About this list

Words
15 (4 common words)
Common example
dashiki
Rare example
sashimi
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
N (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ____i_i are there?

15. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

DASHIKI is among the common words in this set.