8-Letter Words Matching E___C___

There are 42 8-letter words that match E___C___. 16 are common words, such as EARACHES and ECLECTIC. A rarer one is EXSECTED. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (28 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 42

Common words

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Words
42 (16 common words)
Common example
earaches
Rare example
exsected
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
7
Most frequent letter
I (28)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching e___c___ are there?

42. 16 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EARACHES is among the common words in this set.