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SELECT 
  b.variant_name, 
  a.* 
FROM 
  product_option_variants AS a 
  LEFT JOIN product_option_variants_descriptions AS b ON b.variant_id = a.variant_id 
  AND b.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND a.option_id IN (11470, 11471, 11474) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00491

JSON explain

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    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "31.81"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "11.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "a",
            "access_type": "range",
            "possible_keys": [
              "status",
              "option_id",
              "option_id_2"
            ],
            "key": "option_id",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "option_id",
              "status"
            ],
            "key_length": "6",
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 11,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 11,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`goimagine`.`a`.`option_id` in (11470,11471,11474)) and (`goimagine`.`a`.`status` = 'A'))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "10.51",
              "eval_cost": "1.10",
              "prefix_cost": "11.61",
              "data_read_per_join": "528"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "option_id",
              "position",
              "modifier",
              "modifier_type",
              "weight_modifier",
              "weight_modifier_type",
              "point_modifier",
              "point_modifier_type",
              "status",
              "etsy_variant_id"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "b",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
            "ref": [
              "goimagine.a.variant_id",
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 11,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "8.10",
              "eval_cost": "1.10",
              "prefix_cost": "20.81",
              "data_read_per_join": "8K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code",
              "variant_name"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_name	variant_id	option_id	position	modifier_type	weight_modifier_type	point_modifier_type	status
Full Name	48842	11470	1	A	A	A	A
Text Style 1	48848	11471	1	A	A	A	A
First Name	48843	11470	2	A	A	A	A
Text Style 2	48849	11471	2	A	A	A	A
Initials	48844	11470	3	A	A	A	A
Text Style 3	48850	11471	3	A	A	A	A
Monogram	48845	11470	4	A	A	A	A
Text Style 4	48851	11471	4	A	A	A	A
Text Style 5	48852	11471	5	A	A	A	A
Text Style 6	48853	11471	6	A	A	A	A