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.
nerve nervy
verve nerve wherve serve reeve corvee jarvey varve rove rave garvey curve carve pareve shrive drave trove brave arrive bereave greave prove drove breve purvey parve prevue nervy reave grove crave curvey grave grieve larvae revue rive shrieve survey reive perv servo derive drive trave wharve shrove