9-Letter Words Matching ____F___R

There are 13 9-letter words that match ____F___R. 5 are common words, such as ARTIFICER and CHAUFFEUR. A rarer one is SNUFFLIER. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 6 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

artificerchauffeurscruffierstiffenerthriftierchafferercornflourhighfliersquiffierbenefiterhighflyeroverfavorsnufflier

About this list

Words
13 (5 common words)
Common example
artificer
Rare example
snufflier
Doubled letters
6
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
E (12)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____f___r are there?

13. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ARTIFICER is among the common words in this set.