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.
chive chief chivy shive chivvy chef shiv chafe chevy shave shiva shove shavie sheave sheeve shivah
hive chive shive jivey jive chief waive dive vive have hove give shiv toughie live wive naive nieve reive rive civie sieve five shave shiva lieve chivy shove