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.
promote promoed primate permute permeate permittee permed permit premed primed premade premeet primmed paramatta hypermedia pyramid
promote remote bromate promoed chromate chromite