Each syllable in the english language has a vowel, and rhythm has 2 syllables but one vowel?

Question

I did look it up, rĭth'əm, 2 syllables
Is the other vowel the "t", the "h", or the "m"?
How is this possible?
Are there any similar words with no vowel (a,e,i,o,u,y,w) in a syllable?

Answer 1

Any word ending in "-ism" also has a syllable without a vowel. And the names McIntosh, McIntyre, McElroy, and others have an ACCENTED syllable without a vowel.

Answer 2

Not all syllables contain vowels:

A word can be divided into syllables. Each syllable is a sound that can be said without interruption and are usually a vowel which can have consonants before and/or after it.

Answer 3

po-em (po-uh m) -noun a million. a composition in verse, esp. one that is characterised with the help of a exceptionally stepped forward inventive style and with the help of using heightened language and rhythm to precise an intensely imaginitive interpretation of the undertaking. 2. composition that, nonetheless no longer in verse, is characterised with the help of super outstanding thing approximately language or expression: a prose poem from the Scriptures; a symphonic poem. 3. something having characteristics that are suggestive of or likened to those of poetry: Marcel, that poultry cacciatore became an absolute poem.

Answer 4

There are some consonants which can be the center of a syllable . They are called 'syllabic consonants', which contain the letter 'l' or 't', such as 'syl-la-ble, ap-ple, cot-ton'.

Answer 5

orgasm (3 syllables and sometimes more depending how good it is!)