8-Letter Words Starting With SPH

There are 12 8-letter words that start with SPH. 4 are common words, such as SPHAGNUM and SPHEROID. A rarer one is SPHYGMUS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (9 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

sphagnumspheroidsphingessphinxessphenoidsphericsspherulesphygmicspherierspheringsphingidsphygmus

About this list

Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
sphagnum
Rare example
sphygmus
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
4
Most frequent letter
I (9)

Questions

How many 8-letter words starting with sph are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SPHAGNUM is among the common words in this set.