8-Letter Words Containing IVE

There are 218 8-letter words that contain IVE. 109 are common words, such as ABLATIVE and ABORTIVE. A rarer one is VOTIVELY. In this set, S is the most frequent open letter (103 words). 25 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 218

Common words

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Words
218 (109 common words)
Common example
ablative
Rare example
votively
Doubled letters
25
Ending in S
53
Most frequent letter
S (103)

Questions

How many 8-letter words containing ive are there?

218. 109 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ABLATIVE is among the common words in this set.