I'm about to shop for a domain name that should be very, very short
and easy to enunciate.  I do telephone work and I need a URL that
removes the need for me to 'spell it out' for my phone prospects.
Something that anyone could easily understand the first time I say it.
 (The name does not need to match or hint at my web site content.  So
you don't need to know the nature of my business.)

Without me doing a lot of 'hunting and pecking' or 'trial and error'
to find a short name, is there a web site or search engine that can
tell me what is available that has minimal characters in the URL.

Thank you!

Short domain names are very rare right now. if I were you I would
focus on the ".us" domain name. I managed to get a few short domains
(ntio.us) in the last year. Good luck!
-Michael

Or use a service like this http://vze.com/

http://www.dnsbank.com/
 I think u can find it here

http://www.StuckDomains.com, they claim they have over 12 million
expired domain names, and there is no money (or registration required)
for searching the domain name.