#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll=long long;
int main()
{
string s;
cin>>s;
ll n=s.size();
ll ans=8e18;
//枚举最终结果 都变成aaa bbb ccc
for(char ch='a';ch<='z';ch++)
{
ll sum=0;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
ll t=abs((int)s[i]-(int)ch);
sum+=min(t,26-t);
}
ans=min(sum,ans);
}
cout<<ans;
}