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.
ranees rawness rains rance ranis roans runes ruanas renews wryness rins runs reins rinse ruins wrens rouens rennase ruinous
knees ranees townees donnees pawnees donees bunnies cones ness koines lunes coneys banes feyness news phoneys canes conies lanes sanes renews ones noes johnnies lianes sones jennies manes heinies ninnies pones moneys coyness sanies sines benes canoes anes queens hygienes janes monies townies vanes tennies vines whines denies wanness dynes beanies weens toonies tones winoes dunes tawnies chaines shannies sheenies tineas shines tunnies shinnies waeness wienies dines nannies zanies hones zones pinnies runes lenes lioness fewness peonies gayness fanes fiancee nowness nonnews scenes vainness lunies loonies keenness phones tonnes bennes sonnies leones minnies fines gunnies gooneys genies dienes sinews rawness meinies nenes honeys newness guineas lines bones pines boonies jones keens phonies penes goonies bines looneys lowness denes joannes venues hyponeas ponies panes cines meanness mines genes tunes kines tawneys nones pensee funnies seines pannes aeneus nines tenues dueness leanness fannies kanes tines gooeyness wryness pennies bonnes zines wines sawneys wanes teens weenies peens dunness wheens hinnies meanies whinnies woeness bennies chines sheeneys sheens peones shinneys tynes shyness
ranee ran tranny grannie gran rain rainy rani renew roan ruana bran rune branny erne fraena crane crania cranny grana granny urania