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.
wive waive wave wife wove wavey weave wifey waffie waif wavy weigh whiff
five vive hive give jive live naive reive rive dive waive wive chive shive