7-Letter Words Matching A___V__

There are 13 7-letter words that match A___V__. 8 are common words, such as ACTIVES and ALCOVES. A rarer one is ARRIVER. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

activesalcovesalloveralluviaaquavitarrivalarrivedarrivesaquiveragravicakvavitalcovedarriver

About this list

Words
13 (8 common words)
Common example
actives
Rare example
arriver
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching a___v__ are there?

13. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVES is among the common words in this set.