8-Letter Words Matching V___S___

There are 17 8-letter words that match V___S___. 4 are common words, such as VANISHED and VANISHES. A rarer one is VITESSES. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (14 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

vanishedvanishesvenisonsvivisectvanishervaristorvenosityveristicvinosityvoussoirvamosingvavasorsvavasourvavassorverismosvinassesvitesses

About this list

Words
17 (4 common words)
Common example
vanished
Rare example
vitesses
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
I (14)

Questions

How many 8-letter words matching v___s___ are there?

17. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

VANISHED is among the common words in this set.