8-Letter Words Matching A___V___

There are 22 8-letter words that match A___V___. 11 are common words, such as AARDVARK and ACTIVATE. A rarer one is AYURVEDA. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (16 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 22

aardvarkactivateactivelyactivismactivistactivityalluvialalluviumaquavitsarrivalsarrivingacervateadjuvantalluvionambivertantevertacervuliactivizeakvavitsalloversarriversayurveda

About this list

Words
22 (11 common words)
Common example
aardvark
Rare example
ayurveda
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (16)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching a___v___ are there?

22. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

AARDVARK is among the common words in this set.