microservice
noun
microservice is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-E-R-V-I-C-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microservice means “A small independent process that communicates with other processes, used to break down a complex task into many simpler components” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microservice is microservices.
How many letters and syllables are in microservice?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-S-E-R-V-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microservice?
Microservice appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of microservice
- microservices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microservice mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small independent process that communicates with other processes, used to break down a complex task into many simpler components.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does microservice come from?
From micro- + service.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).