import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in Actual solution is at the top
 *
 * @author MaxHeap
 */
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputStream inputStream = System.in;
    OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
    InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
    BSubstring solver = new BSubstring();
    solver.solve(1, in, out);
    out.close();
  }

  static class BSubstring {

    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
      String s = in.next();
      String t = in.next();
      int ans = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
      for (int start = 0; start + t.length() <= s.length(); ++start) {
        int diff = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < t.length(); ++i) {
          if (s.charAt(i + start) != t.charAt(i)) {
            ++diff;
          }
        }
        ans = Math.min(diff, ans);
      }
      out.println(ans);
    }

  }

  static class InputReader {

    private InputStream stream;
    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
    private static final int EOF = -1;
    private byte[] buf = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
    private int curChar;
    private int numChars;

    public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
      this.stream = stream;
    }

    public int read() {
      if (this.numChars == EOF) {
        throw new UnknownError();
      } else {
        if (this.curChar >= this.numChars) {
          this.curChar = 0;

          try {
            this.numChars = this.stream.read(this.buf);
          } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new InputMismatchException();
          }

          if (this.numChars <= 0) {
            return EOF;
          }
        }

        return this.buf[this.curChar++];
      }
    }

    public String next() {
      int c;
      while (isSpaceChar(c = this.read())) {
      }

      StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
      result.appendCodePoint(c);

      while (!isSpaceChar(c = this.read())) {
        result.appendCodePoint(c);
      }

      return result.toString();
    }

    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
      return c == 32 || c == 10 || c == 13 || c == 9 || c == EOF;
    }

  }
}


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