7-Letter Words Matching ____OV_

There are 16 7-letter words that match ____OV_. 6 are common words, such as ANCHOVY and APPROVE. A rarer one is ZELKOVA. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

anchovyapprovebehooveimprovereproveskydovecommovepavlovacodroveimprovsmismoveoutloveoutmoveredroveunglovezelkova

About this list

Words
16 (6 common words)
Common example
anchovy
Rare example
zelkova
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
E (13)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching ____ov_ are there?

16. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ANCHOVY is among the common words in this set.