### minDistance 
from typing import *
def f_gold(word1: str, word2: str) -> int:
    m, n = len(word1), len(word2)
    dp = [[0] * (n + 1) for _ in range(m + 1)]
    for i in range(1, m + 1):
        dp[i][0] = i
    for j in range(1, n + 1):
        dp[0][j] = j
    for i in range(1, m + 1):
        for j in range(1, n + 1):
            if word1[i - 1] == word2[j - 1]:
                dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1]
            else:
                dp[i][j] = 1 + min(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j - 1])
    return dp[-1][-1]