#include <iostream>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
int GetMinDistance(string s1, string s2) {
if (s1.empty()|| s2.empty())
return max(s1.size(), s2.size());
int len1 = s1.size();
int len2 = s2.size();
vector<vector<int>> f(len1 + 1, vector<int>(len2 + 1, 0));
for (int i = 0; i <= len1; ++i)
f[i][0] = i;
for (int j = 0; j <= len2; ++j)
f[0][j] = j;
for (int i = 1; i <= len1; ++i) {
for (int j = 1; j <= len2; ++j) {
if (s1[i - 1] == s2[j - 1]) {
f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1]) + 1;
f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j - 1], f[i][j]);
} else {
f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1]) + 1;
f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j - 1]+1, f[i][j]);
}
}
}
return f[len1][len2];
}
int main() {
string a, b;
while (cin >> a >> b) { // 注意 while 处理多个 case
cout <<GetMinDistance(a,b) << endl;
}
return 0;
}
// 64 位输出请用 printf("%lld")