9-Letter Words Matching F_____M__

There are 18 9-letter words that match F_____M__. 14 are common words, such as FELLOWMAN and FELLOWMEN. A rarer one is FORETIMES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (18 words). 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

fellowmanfellowmenfirebombsfiredampsfishermanfishermenflextimesforearmedforelimbsforenamedforenamesforewomanforewomenfoursomesfieldsmanfieldsmenfilenamesforetimes

About this list

Words
18 (14 common words)
Common example
fellowman
Rare example
foretimes
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
8
Most frequent letter
E (18)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching f_____m__ are there?

18. 14 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

FELLOWMAN is among the common words in this set.