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.
maize maze meze mice mise mazy maes mace masse mas mis mesa mozo mass maws mays mews mess masa miso miss moas muse
maize baize tazze size saice raze raise piazze paise maze liaise laze gaze gauze haze feaze faze bize baiza razee seize daze chaise