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.
ranid rand randy rained rind rynd rend rant rondo rindy riant round reined ruined rainout reendow reigned reunite rent runt
canid ranid and land baned banda anti randy cnida nidi nide hinnied jeaned caned band moaned hypnoid maned pandy ponied sand saned zenaida deaned tineid waned whinnied shandy shanti hyenoid lianoid ganoid candy vaned shanghaied wand weaned dandy denied sandy snide honied bandy handy quinoid vanda chianti viand shinnied hand beaned naiad phonied leaned loaned maund monied panda paned rand conoid yeaned
rani ran tranny train granny grana grainy grain cranny crania crane branny brainy bran brain ruana roan ranee rainy rain gran grannie drain trainee urania