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.
sprucy spruce sprues sprays spurreys saporous spurious spurs spars superrace spears spiers spares sprees speirs sopors spoors spores cyprus sparse sapors speers spires supers suppers sapours sappers sippers spireas soapers sparrows spiraeas sporozoa spurries suppress
sprucy piracy pricy biopiracy spruce
sprue spirea supra spare sparrow sparry spiraea spire spar spore spiry spray spree spry spur spurrey spurry osprey