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.
randy rand ranid rindy rained rind rynd rend rant round rondo runty riant reined ruined rainout reendow reigned rondeau rent runt
bandy pandy shandy sandy dandy candy randy handy and hymnody sand janty wand hand lindy viand saned deaned benday leaned maund panty bendy rindy undy waned banty moaned shindy land vaned vanda loaned panda noonday beaned canid canty monody paned weaned ranid jeaned windy baned banda rand caned band maned maundy shanty chanty yeaned
ran bran tranny rainy ranee rani roan ruana rain crane branny crania cranny gran grana grannie granny urania