9-Letter Words Matching ____V___R

There are 14 9-letter words that match ____V___R. 8 are common words, such as ACTIVATOR and BEHAVIOUR. A rarer one is SALIVATOR. In this set, O is the most frequent open letter (11 words). 1 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

activatorbehaviourdelivererexcavatorinnovatormotivatorrenovatorscrivenerenervatortelevisorcaravanermonovularrecoverersalivator

About this list

Words
14 (8 common words)
Common example
activator
Rare example
salivator
Doubled letters
1
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
O (11)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____v___r are there?

14. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ACTIVATOR is among the common words in this set.