9-Letter Words Matching ___S__P__

There are 18 9-letter words that match ___S__P__. 9 are common words, such as EPISCOPAL and GOSSIPPED. A rarer one is PRESHAPES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

episcopalgossippedmisshapedmisshapenmisshapesnewspaperseascapesworshipedworshiperbioscopeschassepototoscopessubsampleairscapesepiscopesmyoscopespreshapedpreshapes

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Words
18 (9 common words)
Common example
episcopal
Rare example
preshapes
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (18)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ___s__p__ are there?

18. 9 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

EPISCOPAL is among the common words in this set.