8-Letter Words Matching ___V__N_

There are 12 8-letter words that match ___V__N_. 3 are common words, such as CHEVRONS and DIVVYING. A rarer one is SALVOING. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

chevronsdivvyingsavvyingchevyingchivyingvervainsbravoingklavernsoutvauntoutvyingprevuingsalvoing

About this list

Words
12 (3 common words)
Common example
chevrons
Rare example
salvoing
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
3
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching ___v__n_ are there?

12. 3 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHEVRONS is among the common words in this set.