English pronunciation
How to pronounce “itself”
Phonetic spelling
it-SELF
IPA /ˌɪtˈsɛɫf/
How do you spell “itself”?
i t s e l f
“itself” is spelled I-T-S-E-L-F. It is pronounced it-SELF, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
The door closed by itself.
The phone turned itself off.