8-Letter Words Matching ___E___P

There are 15 8-letter words that match ___E___P. 6 are common words, such as BAKESHOP and FIREDAMP. A rarer one is UNDERLAP. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 15

bakeshopfiredampfiretrapnamedropsidestepunderlipsideslipsweetsopwineshopdogeshipinterlaplivetrapmateshipsupercopunderlap

About this list

Words
15 (6 common words)
Common example
bakeshop
Rare example
underlap
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___e___p are there?

15. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BAKESHOP is among the common words in this set.