8-Letter Words Matching K____N__

There are 16 8-letter words that match K____N__. 4 are common words, such as KEEPINGS and KEYPUNCH. A rarer one is KITTENED. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

keepingskeypunchkillingsknowingskenningskachinaskampongskaolineskaolinickartingskatcinaskeglingskhazenimkiltingskitlingskittened

About this list

Words
16 (4 common words)
Common example
keepings
Rare example
kittened
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
12
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching k____n__ are there?

16. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

KEEPINGS is among the common words in this set.