The spelling of "stingbulls" may seem confusing, but it follows the rules of English phonetics. The word is pronounced as /stɪŋ.bʌls/ with a hard "g" sound in "sting" followed by a short "u" sound in "bulls". The letters "i" and "u" in the word represent their respective phonemes and the digraph "ng" represents the nasal consonant sound /ŋ/. While the spelling may not be intuitive, it accurately represents the sounds of the word when spoken aloud.