Kudos

[Grievar]

I’m not 100% about this, but I have collected from
across the net that “kudos” is both singular AND plural.
HOWEVER, there is a pronunciation difference. The
singular has a voiceless “ss” sound and the plural
has the “z” sound. The first syllable can be pronounced
“koo” or “kyoo”

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[Arnold_Winkelried]

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary has this to say on the subject:

kudo does exist; it is simply one of the most recent words created by back-formation from another word misunderstood as a plural. Kudos was introduced into English in the 19th century; it was used in contexts where a reader unfamiliar with Greek could not be sure whether it was singular or plural. By the 1920s it began to appear as a plural, and about 25 years later kudo began to appear.