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.
carve crave curve carafe corvee curvey garvey grove curvy grave greave grieve groove curfew coryphee corf curf coryphaei
carve varve wharve parve breve rove bereave serve prove brave grave rave drave shrive arrive derive nerve reave drive trave rive grove arvo parvo trove drove curvey pareve survey corvee purvey jarvey wherve larvae verve crave marvy larva greave garvey curve shrove
car care carr carry acari scar scare scarey scarry scary