# deuce

> English word · Noun · IPA /djuːs/ · frequency rank #31,135

## Definitions
1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
2. A side of a die with two spots.
3. A cast of dice totalling two.
4. The number two.
5. The number two.
6. A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
7. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
8. A curveball.
9. A 1932 Ford.
10. Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
11. A table seating two diners.
12. A twopence coin.
13. Douche.

## Etymology
From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-due)
- **duc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-duc)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dude)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-duke)
- **duck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-duck)
- **dice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dice)
- **duct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-duct)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dune)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dupe)
- **dolce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dolce)
- **dulce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-dulce)
- **douse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-douse)
- **Druze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-druze)
- **device** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-device)
- **douche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deuce-vs-douche)
- **Dec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dec-vs-deuce)
- **Dee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dee-vs-deuce)
- **deck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deck-vs-deuce)
- **deco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deco-vs-deuce)
- **dance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dance-vs-deuce)

## Common misspellings (5)
`decue`, `deucce`, `deuec`, `duece`, `educe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deuce