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.
shelves
helves elves delves shelves pelves selves levies wolves claves deleaves slieves leaves sleaves relives halves releves valves olives gloves cloves calves selvas cleaves believes pelvis sleeves laves solves salvoes levees lowlives lives salves loves relieves slaves