The name "Salyssa" is spelled with six letters and pronounced as /səˈlɪsə/. The first letter, "s," represents the voiceless alveolar fricative sound pronounced by forcing air through a narrow space between the upper teeth and the tongue. The following "a" is pronounced as the short vowel sound /æ/. The letter "l" represents the voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound, pronounced by placing the tip of the tongue behind the upper teeth's alveolar ridge. The final "yssa" is pronounced as /ˈɪsə/, with the emphasis on the second syllable, and represents the sound of the letter "i."