I've taken a list of English words, and examined each of them to see what they sound like (using the PHP metaphone function). This page lists the most common metaphone codes, along with their words. You can also search for a word of your own, and see which words sound similar - and which ones rhyme, and which ones alliterate.
verity verite ferity vert variety vertu fruity ferrety ferrite variate frit fritt fruit virid forty virtu ferret forrit fretty varied veered viroid ferrate ferried
ferity rarity verity purity parity charity lariat fruity hearty verite norite forrit gritty ferrite chariot merit frit krait forty purty borty fritt yperite rewrite surety dirty droit territ trite worrit riot shirty periti cherty bruit party curite parroty griot crit pyrite writ fruit rite barite write heriot carroty burrito cowrite brit ferrety britt arty cerite diorite dorty tarty trait warty grit variety shorty
feria feriae varia veer veery vera very vier aver ever every over