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.
surfy surf survey serf serif zarf
surfy turfy aerify verify horrify curf curvy gruffy purify rarefy rarify surf terrify torrefy torrify turf
saury sour suer sura surah sure surra surrey usury