#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using i64 = long long;

void solve() {
    std::string s;
    std::cin >> s;

    const int n = int(s.size());

    int ans = n;
    for (char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; ++c) {
        ans = std::min(ans, n - int(std::count(s.begin(), s.end(), c)));
    }

    std::cout << ans << "\n";
}

int main() {
    std::cin.tie(nullptr)->sync_with_stdio(false);

    int t;
    std::cin >> t;

    while (t--) {
        solve();
    }

    return 0;
}