9-Letter Words Matching S_______O

There are 14 9-letter words that match S_______O. 2 are common words, such as SIMPATICO and SUPERHERO. A rarer one is SEMIMICRO. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (10 words). 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 14

simpaticosuperherosanbenitosforzandosgraffitosignorinosixteenmosolfeggiosolferinosopraninosostenutospiritososemimicrostrappado

About this list

Words
14 (2 common words)
Common example
simpatico
Rare example
semimicro
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
I (10)

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching s_______o are there?

14. 2 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

SIMPATICO is among the common words in this set.