mit sql count anzahlder posts hollen

function get_anzahl_aller_posts($letter) {
    if(strlen($letter)<=1||$letter=='Ä'||$letter=='Ö'||$letter=='Ü'){
        global $wpdb;
        $sql =     "
            SELECT COUNT(*) as anzahl_aller_posts    
                FROM $wpdb->posts, $wpdb->term_relationships t
            WHERE (
                post_status = 'publish'
                AND post_password = ''
                AND post_title LIKE '$letter%'
                AND ID = t.object_id
                AND t.term_taxonomy_id = '3'
                )";    
        $Result = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
    
        return $Result->anzahl_aller_posts;


    }else{
        echo 'string zu lang';
    }
}
echo get_anzahl_aller_posts('A');

function get_anzahl_aller_posts($letter) {
    if(strlen($letter)<=1||$letter=='Ä'||$letter=='Ö'||$letter=='Ü'){
        global $wpdb;
        $sql =     "
            SELECT COUNT(*)    
                FROM $wpdb->posts, $wpdb->term_relationships t
            WHERE (
                post_status = 'publish'
                AND post_password = ''
                AND post_title LIKE '$letter%'
                AND ID = t.object_id
                AND t.term_taxonomy_id = '3'
                )";    
        return $wpdb->get_var($sql);
    }else{
        echo 'string zu lang';
    }
}