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.
hied hid haed head hued heed hoed hide heady hottie heydey heyday howdie hoodie had hit het hod hade haet hate heat hood haute hoody howdy
vied hied gied lied pied wried died tied shied ed id