9-Letter Words Matching ____A___N

There are 179 9-letter words that match ____A___N. 82 are common words, such as ACTUATION and ADORATION. A rarer one is WALKATHON. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (154 words). 28 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 179

Common words

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Words
179 (82 common words)
Common example
actuation
Rare example
walkathon
Doubled letters
28
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (154)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____a___n are there?

179. 82 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTUATION is among the common words in this set.