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.
birdie burdie bird barde bride brede buried birred boride biretta berried burd brad bard bred bourride birretta board buret broad bread beret braid breed bared brood brute bored beard byroad broody barite barred borate barret berate bready baryte burred hybrid beretta burette barrette berretta
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