7-Letter Words Matching _P____L

There are 22 7-letter words that match _P____L. 9 are common words, such as APPAREL and EPOCHAL. A rarer one is SPONSAL. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (20 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

apparelepochalopticaloptimalspacialspanielspatialspecialspousalapostilapsidalapteralepigealspancelupswellapnoealapogealephoralspathalspheralspiegelsponsal

About this list

Words
22 (9 common words)
Common example
apparel
Rare example
sponsal
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (20)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching _p____l are there?

22. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

APPAREL is among the common words in this set.