7-Letter Words Matching V_____N

There are 13 7-letter words that match V_____N. 6 are common words, such as VENISON and VERSION. A rarer one is VOLUTIN. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

venisonversionveteranvillainvilleinvitaminvelamenvervainvidiconvitrainvermianvibrionvolutin

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Words
13 (6 common words)
Common example
venison
Rare example
volutin
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (11)

Questions

How many 7-letter words matching v_____n are there?

13. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

VENISON is among the common words in this set.