serverless

adj

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"serverless" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“serverless” is uncommon English (frequency #94,245 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,245
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.

Key facts for serverless
PropertyValue
Headwordserverless
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “serverless” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). serverless lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

serverless is uncommon English at frequency #94,245 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for serverless in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From server + -less. The correct English form is serverless, spelled S-E-R-V-E-R-L-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.
  2. 2
    Not involving a server; composed only of clients.

Etymology

From server + -less.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serverless"?
"serverless" is spelled S-E-R-V-E-R-L-E-S-S.
What does "serverless" mean?
As an adjective, "serverless" means: Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.
What is the origin of the word "serverless"?
From server + -less. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “serverless”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-E-R-V-E-R-L-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list