The spelling of the name Ashalee is a combination of two separate words, "Ash" and "Lee." The "Ash" is pronounced with the short "a" sound, like "cat," as indicated by the IPA phonetic transcription /æ/. The "Lee" is pronounced with the long "e" sound, as in "bee," as indicated by the IPA phonetic transcription /li:/, with a lengthened vowel sound. When putting these two words together, Ashalee is spelled phonetically as /æʃəli:/.