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.
hate haute hat hade haed haet haut heat hottie hit het had hot hut haughty head heed hide hied hoed hoot hued heady hooty
ate bate fate hate cate gate quate late mate pate rate sate date tate at