#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long int;
using pint = pair<int, int>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
struct fast_ios { fast_ios(){ cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(20); }; } fast_ios_;
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define FOR(i, begin, end) for(int i=(begin),i##_end_=(end);i<i##_end_;i++)
#define IFOR(i, begin, end) for(int i=(end)-1,i##_begin_=(begin);i>=i##_begin_;i--)
#define REP(i, n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define IREP(i, n) IFOR(i,0,n)
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec){ for (auto &v : vec) is >> v; return is; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec){ os << "["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const deque<T> &vec){ os << "deq["; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_set<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_multiset<T> &vec){ os << "{"; for (auto v : vec) os << v << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T1, T2> &pa){ os << "(" << pa.first << "," << pa.second << ")"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename TK, typename TV> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const unordered_map<TK, TV> &mp){ os << "{"; for (auto v : mp) os << v.first << "=>" << v.second << ","; os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T> void ndarray(vector<T> &vec, int len) { vec.resize(len); }
template<typename T, typename... Args> void ndarray(vector<T> &vec, int len, Args... args) { vec.resize(len); for (auto &v : vec) ndarray(v, args...); }
template<typename T> bool chmax(T &m, const T q) { if (m < q) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
template<typename T> bool chmin(T &m, const T q) { if (q < m) {m = q; return true;} else return false; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> pair<T1, T2> operator+(const pair<T1, T2> &l, const pair<T1, T2> &r) { return make_pair(l.first + r.first, l.second + r.second); }
template<typename T1, typename T2> pair<T1, T2> operator-(const pair<T1, T2> &l, const pair<T1, T2> &r) { return make_pair(l.first - r.first, l.second - r.second); }
#define dbg(x) cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << " (L" << __LINE__ << ") " << __FILE__ << endl;

template<class itr> void cins(itr first, itr last){ for(auto i = first; i != last; i++){ cin >> (*i); } }


static const int N = 1e5;
int pre[N];

int Find(int x){
  if(x==pre[x]) return x;
  return pre[x]=Find(pre[x]);
}
void merge(int x,int y){
  int fx=Find(x),fy=Find(y);
  //if(fx!=fy) pre[fy]=fx;
  if (fx!=fy) {
    if (fx <= fy) {
      pre[fy] = fx;
    } else {
      pre[fx] = fy;
    }
  }
}

int main() {
  string s,t; cin >> s >> t;
  int m = s.size(), n = t.size();
  int res = m;
  for (int i = 0; i <= m-n; i++) {
    int tmp = 0;
    for (int j = 0, k = i; j < n; j++, k++) {
      if (s[k]!=t[j]) tmp++;
    }
    res = min(tmp, res);
  }

  cout << res << endl;
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3632