8-Letter Words Matching ____T_F_

There are 16 8-letter words that match ____T_F_. 10 are common words, such as BEAUTIFY and BLASTOFF. A rarer one is FIXATIFS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

beautifyblastoffdyestufffructifyidentifyprettifyquantifysanctifystratifystultifykarstifyrenotifytipstaffcalctufacalctufffixatifs

About this list

Words
16 (10 common words)
Common example
beautify
Rare example
fixatifs
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
1
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ____t_f_ are there?

16. 10 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BEAUTIFY is among the common words in this set.