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.
chained chined chinned shined shinned chantey shinnied chant chanty chaunt shindy shandy shanghaied chianti shantey sheened shunned shend shanti shanty shantih
gained sained rained pained chained foined wined vanned vaned mined leaned paned moaned seined canoed deaned sinned tanned dined canned ginned pawned chinned vined loaned feigned coigned pined weaned tineid veined fawned reined finned lined yawned shined shanghaied waned deigned inned beaned awned binned fanned manned panned maned caned ruined fined quoined baned winned jeaned chined saned shinned wanned tinned tined dinned dawned whined banned signed reigned pinned peined coined joined yeaned and
chain chaine chin china chine chino choana choanae echini