9-Letter Words Matching ____ZE___

There are 12 9-letter words that match ____ZE___. 4 are common words, such as BEDIZENED and BREEZEWAY. A rarer one is YAHRZEITS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (8 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

bedizenedbreezewaycitizenryvuvuzelascitizenlysleazebagchazzenimdenizenedoverzealssynizesessynizesisyahrzeits

About this list

Words
12 (4 common words)
Common example
bedizened
Rare example
yahrzeits
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (8)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____ze___ are there?

12. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

BEDIZENED is among the common words in this set.