import java.util.* ;
public class Main{
public static void main(String...args) {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in) ;
while(sc.hasNextLine()) {
String s1 = sc.nextLine() ;
String s2 = sc.nextLine() ;
System.out.println(dp(s1,s2)) ;
}
}
public static int dp(String str1 , String str2) {
char[] a1 = str1.toCharArray() ;
char[] a2 = str2.toCharArray() ;
int len1 = a1.length ;
int len2 = a2.length ;
//f[i][j]表示str1的前i个字符与str2的前j个字符的最小编辑距离
int f[][] = new int[len1+1][len2+1] ;
for(int i = 0 ; i < len1+1 ; i ++) {
for(int j = 0 ; j < len2+1 ; j ++) {
//空串和任何非空串的最小编辑距离都是非空串的长度
if(i == 0 || j == 0) {
f[i][j] = i+j ;
continue ;
}
//转移方程
//f[i][j]=min{f[i][j-1]+1,f[i-1][j-1]+1,f[i-1][j]+1,f[i-1][j-1]|a1[i-1]=a2[j-1]}
f[i][j] = Math.min(f[i][j-1]+1,f[i-1][j-1]+1) ;
f[i][j] = Math.min(f[i][j],f[i-1][j]+1) ;
if(a1[i-1] == a2[j-1]) {
f[i][j] = Math.min(f[i][j],f[i-1][j-1]) ;
}
}
}
return f[len1][len2] ;
}
}